[RELEASE] Steam Launcher - Start Steam Big Picture Mode from within Kodi
Has anyone had any luck getting power management to work with Kodi and Steam/Steam Launcher in Linux? Kodi's native power management doesn't notice when I'm playing games in Steam, and either does caffeine or xscreensaver. None of these power management programs recognize the controller's input, which would be the logical first step to good power management.

I leave Kodi running in the background when Steam in Big Picture Mode (BPM), since it doesn't cause any audio issues. And when I exit Steam, I select "Exit to desktop" which keeps Steam running in the background. My system uses Ubuntu 15.04 with the Lubuntu desktop (similar to Kodibuntu) and my controller is an xbox wireless 360 gamepad. When computer goes to sleep/shutdown it turn the gamepad's receiver off, which is not ideal since I don't have a mouse and keyboard on my HTPC.

Is there any way to get my system to suspend when I'm not playing a game or watching a movie?
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RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by DJ_Izumi - 2013-04-26, 06:47
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-04-26, 23:55
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by DJ_Izumi - 2013-05-11, 19:55
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-11, 05:27
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-11, 06:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-11, 08:13
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-11, 10:07
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-12, 04:18
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-12, 05:06
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-12, 05:48
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-12, 06:29
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-12, 08:55
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-12, 08:58
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-12, 09:56
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-12, 10:49
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-13, 00:15
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-13, 04:02
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-13, 13:02
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-14, 08:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-14, 09:00
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by inque54 - 2013-05-14, 09:35
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by K3v1 - 2013-05-15, 21:14
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-15, 21:36
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by K3v1 - 2013-05-16, 14:13
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-16, 23:37
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by K3v1 - 2013-05-20, 20:04
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-23, 10:58
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by bassdal - 2013-05-29, 00:17
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-29, 01:34
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by bassdal - 2013-05-29, 02:50
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-05-29, 04:47
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-06-10, 08:41
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by mohanman - 2013-07-07, 01:20
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by mohanman - 2013-07-11, 13:18
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-12, 01:08
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by relaxis - 2013-07-09, 11:38
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-09, 12:38
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Stildawn - 2013-07-13, 03:15
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-13, 06:11
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Stildawn - 2013-07-14, 22:47
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-14, 23:45
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Stildawn - 2013-07-15, 00:27
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-17, 09:43
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-18, 06:33
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-07-18, 15:21
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-08-03, 09:05
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by NorDemoniac - 2013-08-24, 15:19
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-08-25, 04:46
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by NorDemoniac - 2013-08-26, 12:28
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-08-29, 18:30
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-08-29, 23:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-08-30, 00:01
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by xeibo - 2013-09-01, 15:58
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-01, 22:45
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Megatron - 2013-09-02, 05:38
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-02, 08:43
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-04, 09:24
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by xeibo - 2013-09-04, 14:48
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-04, 23:55
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-09-05, 03:19
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-05, 04:19
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-09-05, 04:59
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-05, 14:38
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-06, 15:29
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by buymeapc - 2013-09-06, 18:49
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-07, 02:37
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-09-07, 20:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-09-14, 11:24
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by edru - 2013-09-18, 04:56
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-18, 08:37
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by bwall244 - 2013-09-26, 01:00
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-09-26, 01:09
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by aoaaron - 2013-10-04, 02:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-04, 07:07
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-10-04, 02:43
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by aoaaron - 2013-10-04, 18:19
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-05, 01:36
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-23, 05:43
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-10-23, 20:03
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-24, 05:35
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Booza - 2013-10-26, 00:58
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-10-26, 01:30
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-26, 08:30
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by MeMeMe - 2013-10-26, 14:11
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-10-27, 10:05
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-11-02, 02:08
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Booza - 2013-11-03, 19:17
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-11-03, 20:44
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-11-04, 08:00
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RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-11-07, 02:50
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RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by wagnumpi - 2013-11-09, 01:24
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-11-09, 01:34
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by wagnumpi - 2013-11-09, 14:03
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by DJ_Izumi - 2013-12-05, 03:36
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by BraveBuc - 2013-12-06, 06:47
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RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by BraveBuc - 2013-12-06, 15:50
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by bs0d - 2013-12-13, 05:21
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by jeayese - 2013-12-13, 06:03
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Excelsis - 2013-12-13, 11:30
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-14, 00:45
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by Excelsis - 2013-12-14, 12:34
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by bakito - 2013-12-19, 20:10
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-20, 00:28
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by ComeGetIt - 2013-12-20, 10:33
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by DJ_Izumi - 2013-12-20, 19:39
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-21, 00:20
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by DJ_Izumi - 2013-12-21, 00:27
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by ComeGetIt - 2013-12-22, 11:47
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-22, 23:51
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-23, 14:49
RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - by teeedubb - 2013-12-25, 04:07
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RE: [RELEASE] Steam Launcher - Start Steam Big Picture Mode from within Kodi - by guttermonk - 2015-07-26, 00:09
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